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College of Creative Arts

Statement of Mission

The College of Creative Arts has the only academic program
primarily devoted to the creative arts in Northern California. Comprised of a variety of
disciplines, interdisciplines, and departments in visual, media, and performing arts
areas, the college provides unique opportunities for specialized focus, collaboration,
interdisciplinary learning, and multidisciplinary pursuits.

Academic programs in the college encompass all aspects and
forms of the arts, including creative practice, theoretical and critical studies,
historical studies, fine arts, applied arts, and arts education. The college supports
programs that stress both original and interpretive forms of the arts, as well as those
emphasizing traditional and innovative pursuits. High standards of professional
accomplishment are stressed throughout the college. A major goal of the college is the
education of students who will become significant creators, scholars, educators, and
facilitators in creative arts areas, and capable of major contributions in our urban,
national, and global environment.

The college seeks to continue its long history of relationships
with varied audiences, communities, and professionals throughout San Francisco. On-going
affiliations, creative and scholarly dialogues, and applied projects have been established
between various faculty and departments in the college and leading independent artists,
museums, galleries, performing arts locations and groups, design industries, radio and TV
sites, cinema production centers, emerging media arts industries, public and private arts
learning environments, cultural sites serving diverse groups, and related contexts
throughout the Bay Area. Community outreach programs, internships, creative productions,
and frequent symposia on a range of vital issues of concern to our community
constituencies contribute to further these relationships.

A substantial portion of the college's programs highlight the
unique roles and expressions of the arts in a multicultural and diverse society. In
addition to the commitment to development of professional artists, scholars, facilitators,
and arts educators, the college also strives to maintain a significant contribution to the
unique ways in which the creative arts can serve as primary agents in a quality liberal
arts education.

Program Offerings

Undergraduate majors and minors provide a broad introduction to
various fine arts, design, and communication arts disciplines. Graduate programs stress a
greater development of individual direction and focus, leading to significant
professional-level creative and/or scholarly works.

Undergraduate Studies

The College of Creative Arts offers the following undergraduate
degrees:1

Master of Fine Arts

Resources and Facilities

With the new five-story Arts and Industry Addition, the college
now occupies three buildings devoted to creative arts purposes. Many of the spaces in
these buildings are of special design to meet the needs of the college's programs. There
are five performing arts auditoria, including McKenna Theatre (seats 701 and is equipped
with 35mm projection plus video Tularia system), Knuth Hall (seats 322), Little Theatre
(seats 253), Studio Theatre (seats 78 and features a thrust stage), and the Black Box
Theatre. The film and video Coppola Theatre in the Arts and Industry Addition seats 146.

Broadcast programs have access to cable radio KSFS, cable TV,
three TV studios, radio studio, and sound recording studio. Cinema programs in the new
building feature a 50' x 50' shooting stage, four sound studios, animation studio,
twenty-five editing rooms, multimedia production areas, and a media study center.

The Art Department has recently upgraded facilities in all of
its studio areas, and also features the New Art Department Gallery in the FA Addition. The
gallery is professional in scope, and composed of 3,200 sq. ft., which includes a rear
projection screen for projection installations, and gallery preparation and curatorial
rooms. The Art Slide Library is comprised of over 100,000 slides, and the Art Department's
Printmaking Archives has a collection of 500 works of historic and contemporary prints,
photographs, drawings, and artist's books.

The Dance Department features a Multimedia Dance Studio with
projection booth and foldout seating in the FA Addition. The Inter-Arts Center supervises
the Intermedia Laboratory which includes video and audio equipment, plus the MAC
Laboratory (used by classes throughout the college), and the Advanced Computer Imaging
Center. The Music Department also has an Electronic Music Laboratory.

The Dance Department serves as the administrative hub for the
International Dance Institute, which is devoted to developing understanding of world
dance.

The college's Arts Bridge to College Program provides
opportunities for high school students to attend college classes in the arts at low cost.
The program goal is to encourage advanced studies in the arts for high school students.

For information on Creative Arts productions, exhibits, and
symposia, refer to the Performing, Visual, and Media Arts section of this Bulletin and
http://www.sfsu.edu/~allarts/. Consult Index for page reference.

The numbers following the degrees are used by this university to identify
the programs indicated. These numbers must be used on the application for admission,
registration forms, application for graduation, etc.